“…Sen. Manchin noted that the FDA approved the drug ‘despite strong
opposition from its own Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory
Committee.’”

This is highly significant. The FDA turned its back on its own panel of new-drug reviewers.

Senator Manchin continues:

“Simply put, the FDA’s approval of Zohydro ER, in its current form, must
be stopped before this dangerous drug is sold to the public… [Zohydro]
has up to 10 times as much hydrocodone as Vicodin and Lortab and will
come in a formulation that can be easily crushed, snorted, and
injected.”

In other words, Zohydro, used as a pain killer, is a nightmare. If
you’ve ever taken Vicodin, imagine a pill with ten times the strength.

“In his letter, Manchin raised questions about the drug’s approval. ‘I
am deeply troubled that the reason for Zohydro ER’s approval may be
linked to allegations that the FDA gave manufacturers of prescription
drugs the opportunity to pay thousands of dollars for the privilege to
attend private meetings with FDA officials,’ he wrote, citing news
reports. ‘Allegations have been raised that a new, scientifically
questionable methodology for drug approval was created at these
pay-to-play meetings.’”

“The FDA has denied any improprieties regarding those private meetings,
which the agency has said were intended to help the FDA better evaluate
evidence from clinical trials.”

Then let’s see every word of those private meetings. The FDA is a public
agency. Let’s see exactly what went on in those secret meetings.

“One [FDA] manager threatened my children…I was afraid that I could be
killed for talking to Congress and criminal investigators.”

Kavanagh reviewed new drug applications made to the FDA by
pharmaceutical companies. He was one of the holdouts at the Agency who
insisted that the drugs had to be safe and effective before being
released to the public.

But honest appraisal wasn’t part of the FDA culture, and Kavanagh swam
against the tide, until he realized his life and the life of his
children was on the line.

What was his secret task at the FDA? “Drug reviewers were clearly told
not to question drug companies and that our job was to approve drugs.”
In other words, rubber stamp them. Say the drugs were safe and effective
when they were not.

Kavanagh’s revelations are astonishing. He recalls a meeting where a
drug-company representative flat-out stated that his company had paid
the FDA for a new-drug approval. Paid for it. As in bribe.

He remarks that the drug pyridostigmine, given to US troops to prevent
the later effects of nerve gas, “actually increased the lethality” of
certain nerve agents.

Kavanagh recalls being given records of safety data on a drug—and then
his bosses told him which sections not to read. Obviously, they knew the
drug was dangerous and they knew exactly where, in the reports, that
fact would be revealed.

We are not dealing with isolated incidents of cheating and lying. We are
not dealing with a few isolated bought-off FDA employees. The situation
at the FDA isn’t correctable with a few firings. This is an ongoing
criminal enterprise, and any government official, serving in any
capacity, who has become aware of it and has not taken action, is an
accessory to mass poisoning of the population.

Fourteen years ago, the cat was let out of the bag. Dr. Barbara Starfield, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
on July 26, 2000, in a review titled, “Is US health really the best in
the world,” exposed the fact that FDA-approved medical drugs kill
106,000 Americans per year.

In
interviewing her, I discovered that she had never been approached by
any federal agency to help remedy this tragedy. Nor had the federal
government taken any steps on its own to stop the dying.

And now we have Zohydro, a new drug ready to hit the streets. You’ll know it when you see more zombies walking.

Senator Manchin has just introduced a bill to slap down the FDA approval of Zohydro (official press release and copy of bill here).

Here are official black-box warnings contained in Zohydro packaging:

* Long-acting hydrocodone exposes patients and other users to the risks
of opioid addiction, abuse, and misuse, which can lead to overdose and
death.

* Accidental consumption of even 1 dose of hydrocodone, especially by children, can result in a fatal overdose of hydrocodone.

* For patients who require opioid therapy while pregnant, be aware that
infants may require treatment for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.

* Prolonged maternal use during pregnancy can result in neonatal opioid
withdrawal syndrome, which may be life-threatening and requires
management according to protocols developed by neonatology experts.

Sheeple

The Black Sheep tries to warn its friends with the truth it has seen, unfortunately herd mentality kicks in for the Sheeple, and they run in fear from the black sheep and keep to the safety of their flock.

Having tried to no avail to awaken his peers, the Black Sheep have no other choice but to unite with each other and escape the impending doom.

What color Sheep are you?

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